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New Design Idea

Has anyone ever tried using Stainless Steel Ball Bearings as the negative and a stainless pipe as the positive.
Figure a piece of PVC in the middle a 1/2" Stainless Steel pipe outside that a 3/4" stainless pipe with holes drilled. Then fill the PVC pipe with ball bearings attaching stainless wire to a few as they fill the outside of the pipe. All the bearings would be grounded because they would be touching. The area is three times that of a single plate.
If you took the neutral pipe to the top you could separate the hydrogen from the oxygen.
Any thoughts. Like I said this is just an idea.
6mm to 8MM ball bearings.

It won't matter in this case if you are running only a few amperes.

Originally Posted by Shorty

Has anyone ever tried using Stainless Steel Ball Bearings as the negative and a stainless pipe as the positive.
Figure a piece of PVC in the middle a 1/2" Stainless Steel pipe outside that a 3/4" stainless pipe with holes drilled. Then fill the PVC pipe with ball bearings attaching stainless wire to a few as they fill the outside of the pipe. All the bearings would be grounded because they would be touching. The area is three times that of a single plate.
If you took the neutral pipe to the top you could separate the hydrogen from the oxygen.
Any thoughts. Like I said this is just an idea.
6mm to 8MM ball bearings.

Current is what produces the volume of gasses. If you are at or below the current flux density of an ampere per square centimeter ( rule of thumb to prevent plating action ), extra surface area is a moot point. If you are running thousands of amperes, then your idea has merit.